Windows Spotlight

Have same problem with lockscreen and wallpaper -both. Lockscreen is always dead and the wallpaper when I choose Spotlight - it switches back to Wallpaper. Started after update to 25H2

Yes! Tried everything and I still see that ugly blue screen. I don't know what happened in Microsoft but since releasing Windows 11 it's been going downhill. Nothing works the way we're used to. Nothing can be fixed. You have to find workarounds for basic stuff. Madness.

Have you found a solution? Is this a server issue? I've really tried everything proposed here and on the internet. NOTHING WORKS.

Been having issues on a laptop. Been through so many convoluted “fixes” as to nearly brick my system. At one point after enabling BITS, the assets folder populated and the Spotlight feature began working. Within 2 days all the files in the folder deleted and it stopped working again. BITS was not the final answer. Many command line instructions only made it worse. These were AI generated responses to questions. I am increasingly wary of these worthless ideas.

at one point after a UIP of the OS it booted to a blue screen failure. That seemed linked to Secure Boot. With it off, it booted, but on and it crashed. More AI commands, while functional and understandable, did not resolve that issue. I ran across a genuine comment bog a KB patch that may have failed. After getting an .msi of it from Update Catalog, it successfully installed and cleared the issue. Device is booting fine with Secure boot on again, but Spotlight remains broken. Certainly I have tired of these tedious, and often dangerous, command line instructions only, let alone the “tips” to alter the registry. I chatted with a MS rep online who claimed no issues with Spotlight. I question that. The feature has been working well on a desktop, and had worked on laptop, but now will not stay working. MS claimed there should be no difference between the platforms. AI recommendations only lead down rabbit holes to make more critical setting changes.

I am increasingly wary of opinion that the feature is indeed broken in this OS build. It will be welcomed if MS would admit and rectify the problem. Yes, it is a kind of bling feature, but nice when it works. I will just add that those recommending Dynamic Theme as an alternative, it does not work with Norton installed.

love to hear from any savvy users that have credible insight.

PS. I tried turning off VPN, and a few minutes later, assets folder populated and Spotlight began working. Was that it? Not a real clue. Jury is still out.